October 7, 2012
George Baker and his family
celebrating the 100th birthday
of his mother (Audrey).

OK
Café in Hastings decides to close
doors

After
more than eight decades serving the
Hastings community, the OK Café
closed its doors on June 30, 2012.

According to Becky Beam, director of
operations for OK Café, owners Pat
and Mary Jo Randolph had been
trying to sell the restaurant for
more than a year.
With no offers, the owners of the
café were forced to close the
restaurant.

The OK Café first opened in Hastings
back in 1926 and moved to its
current location in the 1980's.
The OK Cafe was purchased and
operated during World War II, by the
grandparents of our classmate (Garry
Lutz).

Quilts made out of their
mother's blouses for Kay (Lamphiear)
Peterson and her three
sisters won a special ribbon
at the 2011 Nebraska State
Fair. The four quilts
are now listed in the
Nebraska Historic Registry.

Matt Hoggatt (grandson
of Larry & Lavera
Hoggatt) was wounded
June 21, 2011 in
Afghanistan. Matt was
flown back to Fort Knox
Kentucky and in August,
he was presented with
the Purple Heart at Fort
Knox where he is
stationed.

Purple Heart Ceremony -
Fort Knox, Kentucky
August 25, 2011

Matt and his finance,
Elizabeth Ostwinkle

The family of LeRoy and
Kay Peterson invite you
to a 50th wedding
anniversary open house
on Aug. 6 from 2 to 4
p.m. at the Calvary
Community Church, 4400
N. First Street. No
gifts, please.

Decked out in some of
her Olympic gear, Anne
Youngscap - daughter of
Barbara (Anderson)
Youngscap recently
returned from the 2011
Special Olympics World
Summer Games in Greece
where she competed for
Team USA.

Anne swam freestyle and
backstroke and a
four-person relay. She
earned four ribbons --
5th place, 6th place,
7th place and another
for participation.
Anne's road to Athens
began in 2009, when she
earned a gold medal at
the Nebraska Special
Olympics state games.